Hukely Farmhouse

SS 92 SE MOREBATH

6/118 Hukely Farmhouse -

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Farmhouse and adjoining cider house. Circa mid C17 farmhouse, ciderhouse probably C18 or early C19. Whitewashed rendered cob and stone; slate roof to farmhouse, gabled at ends of main range, Roman tiles to cider house ; end stacks, the right end stack projecting with a stone shaft, axial stack. Plan: Single depth 4 room plan house with a right of centre entrance into a passage with a late C17 stair to the rear of the passage : the flanking rooms appear to have functioned as parlours with a kitchen to the left and an adjoining unheated service room at the extreme left. Cider house at left end is probably a post C17 addition. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 7 window front with a C19 gabled porch to right of centre with a C19 panelled door with a rectangular fanlight 2- and 3-light late C19 or C20 casements with glazing bars. C20 door at left end of range, loft entrance above. Interior: Chamfered crossbeams throughout ground floor, some with stops, others may have stops buried in the wall plaster. The kitchen has a large open fireplace with a bread oven, remains of curing chamber adjacent to fireplace. The other fireplaces have modern grates but earlier jambs and lintels may survive. Good late C17 stair with turned balusters, first floor balustrade, square section newels (1 replaced) and 1 original faceted finial. Roof: Not inspected but said by Hulland to contain jointed cruck trusses.

Listing NGR: SS9715923643